Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character or quality of being stately; loftiness of mien or manner; majestic appearance; dignity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being stately.
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- noun The quality or state of being
stately
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- noun impressiveness in scale or proportion
- noun an elaborate manner of doing something
Etymologies
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Examples
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… She had a dignity so natural and certain that it deserved the name of stateliness.
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The composition is specially beautiful, the sides are well-balanced, while the two mounted soldiers on either side (notwithstanding their characteristically badly-drawn horses) give the scene a ceremonious stateliness, which is very impressive.
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He isn't pompous, but he's acquired a kind of stateliness of manner that's made
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Mrs. Gladwyne made a picture, she thought, sitting with the dainty china in her beautiful hands; she possessed the grace and something of the stateliness which is associated with the old régime.
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He was a tall, lounging fellow, rather clumsy in his movements, but with a kind of stateliness about him; he looked, and was, old for his years.
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He was a tall, lounging fellow, rather clumsy in his movements, but with a kind of stateliness about him; he looked, and was, old for his years.
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There were observations about the "stateliness" of events at the White House and the propriety of Florence Harding's wardrobe.
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The difficulty, of course, isn't the "stateliness", it's the money.
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Every mangled limb, every shattered facade, every act of conditioned violence stage-whispers “Sacrifice” amid the gently weeping sound track and the faded – Saturday Evening Post color palette, with the overall effect evoking stateliness, esteem, even nostalgia — emotional luxuries that only a comfortable remove can give to the hectic, terrifying nature of combat.
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She reports, for example, that of all who attain the stately age of 85, fully half will have that stateliness snuffed out by Alzheimer's; and, more wretched news, there is a strong chance they will also end up in a nursing home with some other dread medical affliction or other.
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